Camphorweed Triumphant
Fully open flower head of camphorweed, Heterotheca subaxillaris.
This is what a camphorweed looks like when its rays are fully extended. Of all the camphorweed flower heads I’ve come upon in recent years, few were spread out as wide as this one at Austin’s former Mueller Airport three days ago, so I felt compelled to make a portrait of what I saw as a prairie pinwheel and mandala.
© 2011 Steven Schwartzman
(For those interested in technique, see points 2 and 4 in About My Techniques.)
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It has been interesting to see its different phases!
Montucky
July 11, 2011 at 10:19 PM
Glad you like the tour through the world of camphorweed. More tomorrow.
Steve Schwartzman
July 11, 2011 at 10:34 PM
Vibrant color!
TBM
July 12, 2011 at 5:42 AM
Thanks. I’m fond of vibrancy too.
Steve Schwartzman
July 12, 2011 at 6:56 AM
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